On Mi, 01.07.20 17:19, Javier Martinez Canillas (javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > Note that the spec has extension points (i.e. it's permissible to add > > new fields without this breaking the spec), but turning it into a > > programming lnaguage is waaaay outside of it... > > > > I wouldn't consider adding variable expansion support to turn them > into a programming language. But yes, you are right that we diverged > from the spec and that caused issues to other bootloaders (i.e: I had > this same conversation with the LinuxBoot folks). > > But rather than keep pointing out what we got wrong, I would prefer to > figure out how to make the GRUB implementation to align with the spec > while still supporting all the features that are available in a > non-BLS configuration. This could also allow to have a single > kernel-install plugin instead of having specific plugins for > GRUB/Petitboot and zipl. Please submit additions to the spec as PRs to systemd github. We added a number of new keys in the past that sd-boot itself doesn't make use of (devicetree and such), and we'd be delighted to add more if they make sense and that helps. i.e. PRs against this file: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/docs/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION.md Thank you, Lennart -- Lennart Poettering, Berlin _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
